Finally our superconducting, 50µm diameter particles levitate. See our recent publication in IEEE Trans. on Appl. Superconductivity and some videos here. Great work Martí, Achintya, David, and Gerard! A small step towards macroscopic quantum states…

We welcome Fia in our lab who joins the optomechanics team for her Master thesis at Chalmers. She will be working on InGaP-based nanomechanical resonators. Let us see how these resonators perform.

Johan finished his Master thesis in our lab and is now a proud Master of Science in Physics. Congrats! It was fun working with you. We wish you all the best for your future and your PhD with Raphaël Van Laer’s group at Chalmers.

Joint work with Janine Splettstoesser about the thermodynamics of sideband cooling has now been published in Phys. Rev. A. Check it out! Congrats to the team involved and especially to Juliette!